5-Speed Transmission Settlement for Some California Acura Owners
Acura's parent company, Honda, wants to settle up a decade-old lawsuit about downshifting transmissions with an offer so low it's borderline insulting. A 2009 lawsuit says 5-speed automatic transmissions in some 2002-2004 Honda and Acura vehicles have a defect in the 3rd clutch. That defect can cause the transmission to suddenly downshift from 5th to 2nd gear. That's one way to reach your heart rate goal on your FitBit.
Who's Eligible? ∞
- The settlement covers owners of the 2001-2002 Acura MDX and 2003 Acura TL (with specific VIN ranges) with 5-speed automatic transmissions, but…
- They must be California residents, and…
- They must be the original owner of one of the class vehicles, and…
- They must have owned the vehicle as of December 7th, 2015. 😧
Related Acura Generations
At least one model year in these 2 generations have a relationship to this story.
We track this because a generation is just a group of model years where very little changes from year-to-year. Chances are owners throughout these generation will want to know about this news. Click on a generation for more information.
1st Generation MDX
- Years
- 2001–2006
- Reliability
- 27th out of 30
- PainRank™
- 5.52
- Complaints
- 103
2nd Generation TL
- Years
- 1999–2003
- Reliability
- 26th out of 30
- PainRank™
- 5.48
- Complaints
- 101